Lexicon: grain – grant

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grain (-s), n. [Sp. grano.]

  1. Single hard seed of a plant.
  2. Any small hard mass.

grand (-er), adj. [Fr.]

  1. Great; splendid; magnificent.
  2. Illustrious; dignified.
  3. Noble; lofty.

grandame (-'s), n. [AF graund dame.]

Grandmother; old woman.

grandfather, n. [see grand, adj. + father, n.]

Father of one's father or mother.

grandmama, n. [see grand, adj. + mother, n.]

Mother of one's father or mother.

grandsire (-s), n. [see grand, adj. + sire, n.]

Grandfather; ancestor. 8871094 Like Costumes Grandsires wore

granite, adj. [Fr. granito, grained.]

  1. Rock.
  2. [Fig.] dead; stone-like.
  3. [Fig.] passive.
  4. [Fig.] heavy; burdensome; immoveable.

granitic, adj. [see granite, adj.]

Rocklike; stony; of the nature of granite; [fig.] hard; unimpressionable; unyielding.

grant, n. [see grant, v.]

Endowment; usually awarded without compensation expected.

grant (-ed), v. [L. 'entrust'.]

  1. Give without expecting compensation.
  2. If; assuming a grace has been given. 1195 Granted I can pick 'em